Elmwood School - Samara Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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SAMARA 15 SCHOOL CALENDAR TERM I September 13 — Boarders returned. September 14 — School opened. September 20 — In our first match for the interscholastic championship we lost to Ottawa Ladies ' College at the Rockcliffe Tennis Club. September 28 — For the first time this year we played Basketball against the Old Girls, and were victorious. Miss Tipple had tea ready for us after the game. October 12 — Miss May took the Arts form and the visiting English girls to the Museum, where they studied French painting. October 13 — A very enjoyable party was held for the English girls. Some clever skits were presented during the evening. October 16 — Mr. McTavish had the first Music Appreciation class. Mrs. Howe sang. October 27 — The Hallowe ' en party this year was a great success. Costumes were both beautiful and original. November 4 — Again this year our basketball team motored to Kingston to play Hatfield Hall in the Queens Gym. We lost — but enjoyed the game very much. November 8 — Major McKeand gave us an inspiring address on Poppy Day. November 10 - 14 — Long Weekend. November 16 — Miss May and the Arts form visited the Museum to study Chinese painting. December 14 — Dr. Hannes Kohr gave a very interesting and instructive lecture on skiing. December 18 — The House Collections, plays, and Christmas parties. December 19— School closed for the Christmas Holidays. January 10 — School opened after a very happy three weeks. January 19 — January Exams began. January 30 — Exams over. Hurray! January 31 — Free day. Everybody had a good time doing whatever she wanted to do, but the senior girls were not altogether sorry to lay down their temporary responsibility. TERM II February 1 — Second Term began. February 2 — We played Basketball against the Old Girls at Ashbury and won 28-16, We all went back to school for tea. February 8 — Mrs. Hertzberg and Miss McMahon spoke to the Seniors about the Guiders ' Training Camp at Fernbank. February 14 — A half-holiday on the occasion of Lord Tweedsmuir ' s funeral. February 16 — Long Weekend. February 26 — Present Girls vs. Old Girls played basketball at Ashbury. Present girls won 32-22. March 8 — The Art Exhibition was held. March 15 — School closed for the Easter holidays. April 2 — Back to school again. April 15 — We were again victorious over the Old Girls 37-16. April 18 — Presentations were made this afternoon to Miss Neal from the Governors, the Present Girls and the Old Girls. April 22 — At 3 o ' clock we all assembled to say good-bye to Miss Neal. We sang For she ' s a joly good fellow — and meant every word of it. April 26 — After two postponements the Senior Dramatics class presented Pride and Prejudice. May 10— Drill Competition— won by V Matric, VA, VB, and VC.

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HEADS OF HOUSES Mary Paterson — Nightingale.Mackie Edwards — Fry, Beatrice Black — Keller SCHOOL GAMES CAPTAINS Mary Paterson, Frances Bell MAGAZINE STAFF Standing: — Mary McCrimmon, Muriel Inkster, Joan Daniels, Frances Bell, Betty Massey, Charlotte Toland, Joan Somerville, Winifred Cross, Gaye Douglas, Anne Shaw. Sitting: — Beatrice Black, Mary Paterson, Mackie Edwards, Margaret Gerard. Front Row: — Diana Warner, Susan Kenny, Joan Creighton, Cynthia Sims.

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16 SAMARA NOTE THIS year we have had many surprises, so I will take them as they came. The first, and a very pleasant one, was the arrival of Joan Daniels, our Head Boarder and Head Prefect. We were all very glad to see her back again. Surprise number two was the new Nursery School made up of children from the ages of two to four years. Frequently on Wed- nesday morning during scripture we hear the patter (or rather thud) of tiny feet, and the crash of fal ling block castles echoing above our heads. During the winter very few of the boarders got out at eleven o ' clock for the full time, because they were busily engaged on trying to get pull-overs on right side up and rubber on the right feet. Then we had some English Girls as we always called them, much to Mrs. Buck ' s amusement, staying with us. For a while they come and went, as spring seems to be doing right now, and never stayed for more than two weeks. Finally, however, we managed to keep two of them. Beryl Cadogan, and Marjorie Woodward, and they are still with us. They have added a great deal to the Boarders ' life, and we have enjoyed having them with us. They have not Lost their English accents yet, but they have picked up some of our own inimitable Canadian slang. During the winter some of us took skiing lessons from Dr. Hannes Kohr, and a few of us made great strides. Factually, as well as metaphorically, speaking! We went skiing almost every Saturday for two months up at MacLean ' s Mountain Lodge, and, naturally, tried to do everything we had been told to do in our lessons, — in some cases, with a certain amount of success. Of course, on our way we always had to stop and buy films ! We have been to several movies and plays this year, one being Tobias and the Angel , which we enjoyed very much. We liked Maurice Colborne as an actor, even if he did not like us as an audience! This year, as in every other, the tradition of Christmas carol singing at Mrs. Buck ' s house was carried out. We all walked down armed with chairs! Mr. MacTavish played for us and as the recordings made were played back to us, we were pleased to notice that our voices showed signs of im- provement. Or, at least, so we thought. Apart from skiing, watching the nursery school, and wondering in the fall when the snow will come, and in early spring how soon it will go, our activities are as follows: gossipping, playing the gramo- phone and the radio and dancing to the same, studying (or is that to be taken for granted?) playing jacks, freezing in the winter and roasting in the summer, having rubber heels put on our shoes, counting stars and trying hard to dream nice Friday night dreams, being noisy and telling other people to stop being noisy, waiting for birth- day teas and Saturday outs. During the Easter term there were a few cases of mumps, and every morning for about a month, those who had not had them would wake up and nervously feel about in the region of their necks to make sure they had not got them (the mumps, not the necks!)